TCM Schedule for Sunday, August 18, 2013 - Essentials Jr.: Natalie Wood

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6:00 AM
THE STAR (1952)

A faded film star fights to hold on to her past glamour despite failing finances.
Dir: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood.
BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC

7:30 AM
A CRY IN THE NIGHT (1956)

A police captain's emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.
Dir: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood.
BW-75 mins, TV-14

8:46 AM
CAVE EXPLORERS (1957)
In this Screenliner short, a group of Austrian speleologists explore a newly-discovered cave.
BW-8 mins

9:00 AM
WEST SIDE STORY (1961)



A young couple from dueling street gangs falls in love.
Dir: Robert Wise
Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn.
C-153 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

11:45 AM
THE SEARCHERS (1956)



An Indian-hating Civil War veteran tracks down the tribe that slaughtered his family and kidnapped his niece.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles.
C-119 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:45 PM
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)

An alienated teenager tries to handle life's troubles and an apron-wearing dad.
Dir: Nicholas Ray
Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo.
C-111 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:45 PM
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961)



Sexual repression drives a small-town Kansas girl mad during the roaring twenties.
Dir: Elia Kazan
Cast: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle.
C-124 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM
SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL (1964)

A journalist sets out to expose a female sex expert but falls for her instead.
Dir: Richard Quine
Cast: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda.
C-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

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8:00 PM
THE GREAT RACE (1965)



A bumbling villain plots to win an early 20th-century auto race.
Dir: Blake Edwards
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood.
C-160 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:44 PM
GRANDAD OF RACES (1950)
Dir: André De La Varre Jr.
C-10 mins

11:00 PM
GYPSY (1962)



A domineering mother pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden.
C-143 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:30 AM
BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (1969)

A modern married couple attempts to lure their best friends into an exploration of the liberated lifetsyles of the late 60s.
Dir: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould.
C-105 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

3:21 AM
THE SHE STORY (1965)
This short doc provides a brief, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the epic "She" (1965).
Cast: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing
BW-7 mins

3:30 AM
INSIDE DAISY CLOVER (1965)

A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
Dir: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford.
C-129 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:40 AM
STOPOVER IN HOLLYWOOD (1963)
A travel documentary-style short, stopping at various landmarks and attractions in Hollywood, CA.
Cast: Lori Lyons, Tony Winhall
C-16 mins